On 07/09/2014 04:27 AM, Walter Prins wrote:
Hi Jim,
On 8 July 2014 21:45, Jim Byrnes <[email protected]> wrote:
I would like to automate running virtualenv with a python script by:
opening gnome-terminal
cd to proper directory
run source /bin/activate
I found some examples of using os.system() to get gnome-terminal to open
but I can't figure out how then cd to the proper directory in the new
terminal.
My biggest frustration right now is that I can't find any documentation on
how to use os.system(). Looking at the docs on the Python site I don't see
system() under the os module. Googling hasn't helped.
Could you explain what you're trying to achieve? Virtualenv is about
setting up an OS/Unix shell environment (For Windows there's a Powershell
variant of virtualenv...) so that a custom Python installation is used by
default instead of the system wide on (including possibly using a custom
Python executable.) It therefore seems that trying to automate
"activating" a virtualenv with python (which presumably would use the
system wide python) is not adding much value? Hence my question: What are
you actually trying to achieve?
Walter
I forgot to mention I am using Linux (Ubuntu 12.04).
I am working my way through a book about breezypythongui which uses
Python 3, hence virtualenv. I found that each time I started to work
with it I did the above 3 steps, I was just looking to automatic that
repetitive task.
Regards, Jim
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